Jones mocks Moore for *prancing around on a stage in a cowboy suit*

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35. I was about 18 (couldn't vote until 21 back then) and really ticked off.

You're right, starting in 1968, the "fun" 1960's turned very dark: the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, MLK, Jr. and RFK murdered, the My Lai massacre (although not made known until 1969), the Democratic Convention debacle, and the election of Richard Nixon -- to name a few of the major events of a very turbulent year. The Smothers Brothers show got pulled in early 1969.

I was a freshman/sophomore at San Fernando Valley State College (now Cal State University, Northridge), which had some really crazy goings-on which only added to the surrealism of the times. Part of the Administration Building was burned down, there was a police riot on campus in January, 1969 that nearly swallowed me up (if I had fallen, I'd have been trampled badly).

There's a short six-minute video (produced in 1985, the quality is rather poor) that covers the Valley State campus unrest at the time, here: